Chapter 332 - The Nether Emperor (1/2)

As time passed, the scene inside the Barrier was astonishing. Dozens of black Qi darted all over, and whistles of the devil could be heard. The Devil Qi in Qingyu’s body was being sucked into Xiao Chen body bit by bit. The scales on her arm were also fading away bit by bit. She was slowly recovering into an ordinary human.

However, Xiao Chen looked more and more like a devil. He was surrounded in black mist and his eyes were in shades of indigo. Each of them was stunned by this scene. They did not expect him to possess such extraordinary skill. Zhiluan chattered and said, “Hang in there, kiddo. Don’t transform into a devil. Xian’er is still waiting for us to go back…”

30 minutes had passed, 60 minutes had passed and finally, it was noon. The Devil Qi in the Barrier had gradually disappeared. Qingyu was recovered completely, however, her face was still pale. The black Qi on Xiao Chen had also disappeared and he looked normal.

Everyone was overjoyed. But no one saw that a thin, near-invisible black Qi had penetrated between Xiao Chen’s eyebrows.

“All right, thank you; you can remove the Barrier,” Xiao Chen stood up and said.

The dozen people were already tired from the half-day of work, so they immediately removed the barrier once Xiao Chen said they could. Qingyu turned around and said, “Thank you, Junior Brother Xiao…” She lowered her head as she felt that she had dragged him down.

Xiao Chen, covered in sweat, shook his head and smiled. “It’s nothing.”

Zhou Li rushed over, Qingluan and Ziyun’er also rushed over and said, “Lord, are you all right?”

Xiao Chen shook his head and smiled. “I’m fine.”

On the other side, the boy in red had been watching quietly with his hands behind his back with no expressions on his face. However, at that moment, he frowned for a second.

The crowd took a short break on the spot. After 30 minutes, they set off on the journey again to find their way out. As dusk approached, they came to a narrow valley.

The path was paved with bones, and dead branches and rotten leaves had piled up a foot high on both sides. It looked eerie under the twilight as if it was leading to the Ghostly Hall.

There was also a pungent smell in the air, but the people were overjoyed because this valley was the same valley they had come in from the other day. But at that time, due to the illusions, it looked beautiful and clear. Zhiluan cried, “Holy meow! We finally found the exit!”

The others were delighted. They could not wait to get out of this bloody place at once and never come back again. However, at this moment, a strange voice suddenly came from the front, “Hiss… Hiss…”

The voice sounded empty, Xiao Chen immediately made a hush gesture. Then the group squat down and hunched over before they carefully tread forward slowly.

After moving for more than 30 meters, countless devil creatures covered in black Qi were seen gathering in front. They looked similar to humans, but with hideous looks. From afar, it was endless blackness.

“Now what? Do we just dash in and run through them?” Qin Shaoyang asked softly.

Bai Yushu shook his head and whispered, “There are too many of them. If we try to push through by force, we will probably attract more of them.”

Xiao Chen suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head, like his hair was being pulled out. He turned his head and saw the boy in red withdrawing his hand. He asked in a low voice, “What are you doing, little brother?”

The boy did not speak. He stretched out his left hand, and in it was a short dead branch with a hair wrapped around it.

Xiao Chen nodded and said, “Thank you.” As he was about to move slowly to the front, he stepped on a bone and crushed it, letting out a loud and clear sound.

“Oh, sh*t!”

Dozens of devil creatures immediately discovered them. In a flash, the army of devil creatures rushed towards them like a flood. Each one of them immediately summoned out their weapons to defend. Within a few moments, hundreds of devil creatures were killed. However, there were too many of them. They came wave after wave, but it was endless.

“Let’s leave!” Xiaoyue made an immediate decision and summoned her Autumn Water Sword to open up the way for the rest.

“Little brother, keep up!” Xiao Chen held the boy in red by the hand and ran forward. As he ran, he dealt with the devil creatures that came at them. Suddenly, the whole valley shook violently.

All of them nearly fell. The mountain walls on both sides suddenly shook and seemed to be collapsing anytime. The cliff measured more than ten thousand feet high. Once the whole mountain collapsed, even cultivators of Nascent Soul Realm would be buried alive here.

“Hurry up!”